Saturday, April 05, 2008

10 Facts about Unicorns

Mags once told me that a blog should be informative. So here's something for you.

10 Facts You May or May not Want to Know about Unicorns:

1.) The word unicorn comes from the Latin unus 'one' and cornu 'horn'.
2.) The horn was said to neutralize poison.
3.) The myth of the unicorn orginiated in India.
4.) The unicorn is said to be tameable only by a virgin woman.
5.) In the last Narnia book, The Last Battle, the king's best friend is a unicorn named Jewel.
6.) The unicorn can be found on the royal coat of arms of Scotland and the UK.
7.) The royal throne of Denmark was made of "unicorn horns."
8.) PT Barnum's exhibit of a unicorn skeleton was a hoax.
9.) The rhino is a distant cousin of the unicorn.
10.) The Last Unicorn book was made into an animated movie adaptation called The Last Unicorn.

1 comment:

mags said...

Now wasn't that satisfying?

Haha... I'm such a hypocrite..